conflict

1. An open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals) (synset 100961007)
   "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"; "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs"
   is a type of: group action - action taken by a group of people
   subtypes:

   • class struggle, class war, class warfare - conflict between social or economic classes (especially between the capitalist and proletariat classes)
   • insurrection, rebellion, revolt, rising, uprising - organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
   • counterinsurgency, pacification - actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency
   • strife - bitter conflict; heated often violent dissension
   • tug-of-war - any hard struggle between equally matched groups
   • turf war - a bitter struggle for territory or power or control or rights
   • combat, fight, fighting, scrap - the act of fighting; any contest or struggle
   • feud - a bitter quarrel between two parties
   • war, warfare - an active struggle between competing entities
   same as: battle, struggle
2. Opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings (synset 107498579)
   "he was immobilized by conflict and indecision"
   is a type of: ambivalence, ambivalency - mixed feelings or emotions
3. A hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war (synset 100955670)
   "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement"
   referred to in: armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation
   is a type of: action, military action - a military engagement
   subtypes:

   • armageddon - any catastrophically destructive battle
   • pitched battle - a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place
   • naval battle - a pitched battle between naval fleets
   • armed combat, combat - an engagement fought between two military forces
   • dogfight - an aerial engagement between fighter planes
   • assault - close fighting during the culmination of a military attack
   specific instances:

   • battle of britain - the prolonged bombardment of British cities by the German Luftwaffe during World War II and the aerial combat that accompanied it
   • drogheda - in 1649 the place was captured by Oliver Cromwell, who massacred the Catholic inhabitants
   is a part of: war, warfare - the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
   same as: battle, engagement, fight
4. A state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests (synset 114004330)
   "his conflict of interest made him ineligible for the post"; "a conflict of loyalties"
   is a type of: state - the way something is with respect to its main attributes
   subtypes:

   • clash, friction - a state of conflict between persons
   • clash - a state of conflict between colors
   • disagreement, dissension, dissonance - a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters
5. An incompatibility of dates or events (synset 104721955)
   "he noticed a conflict in the dates of the two meetings"
   is a type of: incompatibility - the quality of being unable to exist or work in congenial combination
6. Opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot) (synset 113877574)
   "this form of conflict is essential to Mann's writing"
   is a type of: oppositeness, opposition - the relation between opposed entities
7. A disagreement or argument about something important (synset 107196595)
   "he had a dispute with his wife"; "there were irreconcilable differences"; "the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats"
   is a type of: disagreement - the speech act of disagreeing or arguing or disputing
   subtypes:

   • collision - a conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals
   • arguing, argument, contention, contestation, controversy, disceptation, disputation, tilt - a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement
   • gap - a difference (especially an unfortunate difference) between two opinions or two views or two situations
   • dustup, quarrel, row, run-in, words, wrangle - an angry dispute
   same as: difference, difference of opinion, dispute

1. Be in conflict (synset 202673287)
   "The two proposals conflict!"
   is a type of: contrast, counterpoint - to show differences when compared; be different
   subtypes: clash, collide, jar - be incompatible; be or come into conflict
2. Go against, as of rules and laws (synset 202573062)
   "He ran afoul of the law"; "This behavior conflicts with our rules"
   is a type of: breach, break, go against, infract, offend, transgress, violate - act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
   same as: contravene, infringe, run afoul

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